ORIGINAL: Roskoe
I have one of those "tweener" draw lengths - 29 1/4". I have Mathews Outback that currently has a 29" cam on it. I have also purchased a 29.5" cam. Am I better off to stay with the 29" cam, and run a little longer ATA to increase the draw length; or to put on the 29.5" cam and twist the bowstring to reduce the ATA/draw length - to achieve 29 1/4"? Thanks. Roskoe
Put the 29" on there and let it eat. Its better to be a bit too short in draw length than a bit too long. I wouldn't take the bow out of spec for the sake of 1/4". You get to messing with cable and string lengths much on a mathews and your cam or idler will start leaning, or you cam will under/over roatate... and you think having a tweener draw length makes it hard to shoot well.... you ain't seen nothing yet!!!
If you can honestly notice that big of a difference (and I have the
exact same draw length as you, and I can tell, but my shooting isn't effected by shooting a bit short) then you can leave a little bit longer D Loop to compensate for your anchor point. I don't really overwhelmingly recommend it, as most releases are adjustable at least that much, 1/4" is about the length from the low point to the end of most common arrow nocks... it ain't much to worry about.
I've noticed that I shoot a bow thats 29" ten times more consistant than I do one at 29.5". I can feel the difference, but still... 29" in a bowtech fits me better than 29" in a mathews... probably because of the draw stud... makes it easy to get an extra 1/4"